Echoes from the past whisper frequently in the town of Collinsport. Even more frequently over the Collinwood Estate. They seem determined not to permit the bright and happy future that an escape from the things that have been may bring. Their haunting memories blow in from the sea like the evening tide, but unlike the waves that crash against the shores, they do not readily rush away again as do the waters that wash the lonely shores. They linger as the refuse that the mighty waters deposit on the shores. This night, yet another echo from the supposed distant past will make its voice known once again in the Old House…
Julia Hoffman looks at Barnabas and scoldingly says, "You're intrigued by
her, aren't you Barnabas? I saw that look in your eye while you were
escorting her around. It was the same look you had when you wanted to win
Vicki." Barnabas turned and looked at Julia, and quietly replied, "Yes, I
was quite taken with her. She is a sweet and lovely woman. I want very much
to get to know her better." Julia replied, "But Barnabas, she is a
distraction you don't need right now. You've said yourself how important it
is that we find Judah Zachary. We mustn't let anything stand in our way.
Becoming enamored of a lovely young woman right now is a mistake!" Barnabas
turned to reply when both of them heard the sound of the front door being
ripped open. A tall balding man who appeared to be about 90 years old burst
into the drawing room. "What are you doing now, Barnabas? What are you doing
to me?" Julia looked at the man curiously and her eyes grew wide as she
brought her knuckle to her mouth and bit it. Barnabas' eyes also grew wide
and his mouth dropped open. In total shock, he uttered the name; "Adam"
The man stood glaring at them both as they stood totally speechless.
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Barnabas and Julia stand looking in total shock the at hulking figure standing before them. Even aged as he was, Adam still seemed an imposing presence to them. "Yes, Barnabas, Did you think you could do this to me and me not come back to stop you?" he said with his menacing look. Julia stepped closer looking carefully at the aging man before her and said, "Adam! Your scars! You don't have the scars! What happened?" Adam turned threateningly toward her and said, "Don't try to change the subject, Doctor! I want to know what you two are up to! I know you're behind this. What are you trying to do? Kill me?" Barnabas stepped forward and said," Adam, I assure we are doing nothing. Whatever is happening to you is not Julia's and my doing." Adam sneered mockingly at Barnabas and said, "I see you still know how to lie, Barnabas. Nothing like this ever happens that you and Dr. Hoffman don't have something to do with! Now I demand you stop whatever your doing and make me normal again, or I'll kill you both right now!" Julia again protested, "Adam! Barnabas and I are just as shocked as you are about this. We thought you left Collinsport for good, and we had no idea where you were. We never expected to see you ever again! You must believe us. Please, let us try to help you!" Adam gritted his teeth and growled, "You've never done anything to help me Doctor! I said for you to stop what you're doing, and you're wasting time. Now I'm going to kill you both!" He lunged at Barnabas knocking him to the floor. He dropped on top of Barnabas chest and began strangling him. Barnabas struggled to free himself, but Adam was far too powerful for him to overcome. Suddenly a silver candlestick cracked against Adam's head. As he collapsed to the floor unconscious, Willie Loomis stood looking at his still form, the silver candlestick still in his grip. Barnabas struggled to his feet, rubbing his throat. Willie asked, "Who is it, Barnabas?" With a sigh, Barnabas replied, "Willie. It's Adam." An amazed and confused look came over Willie's face as he looked again at the aged figure sprawled before him.
Roger Collins sat staring into the fireplace in his new bedroom. He was
looking hopelessly depressed. He reached for the liquor bottle on the
bedside table and poured himself another shot. Replacing the bottle on the
table, he quickly gulped it down. A knock came on the door. Roger turned the
chair to face the door and said, "Who is it"
From outside the door a voice replied, "Its David. Can I come in?" He put
the shot glass on the bedside table and then said, "Yes, come in David." The
door opened and David stepped inside holding the model roadster he had
built. He walked slowly toward his father and held the model up for his
father to see." I wanted you to see it after I finished it." Roger, not
wanting to disappoint him, looked carefully at his work and said, that's
quite a good job, David. Have you worked on it all this time?" David
shrugged and said, "No, I worked on it a few times a week. I was afraid if I
did it too fast I might mess it up." Roger looked up at his son and said,
"That's quite a responsible attitude, son. It looks as if it paid off too.
It's a very authentic looking job. I'm proud of you, son." David's eyes
brightened at his father's praise of him. He had grown up rarely hearing
praise, but then, a lot of his behavior hardly merited praise, and he knew
it. He sat down on his father's bed placing the roadster on the bed beside
him. Looking at Roger he asked, "Does it hurt much?" Roger thought for a
moment and replied, "No. That's the hard part. I feel almost nothing.
According to the doctors I'm lucky to have any feeling or movement at all. A
lot of damage was done. I suppose it's that Collins stubbornness that I have
to thank for being alive at all." David sat looking at Roger without a
reply. Roger then looked at him and said, "I'm really glad you came, David.
One thing's for sure, I won't go hungry. The kitchen is right next door. I
just hope Mrs. Johnson doesn't mistake me for a burglar when I make my
midnight icebox raids and finish me off for good!" David grinned at his
father's levity and felt compelled to get off the bed and embrace him. As he
did, Roger's eyes had a trace of mist in them.
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Adam moaned as he began to come around. His eyes opened and he looked around
the room. His mind rushed back to the first time he had opened his eyes in
this room. He felt a strange coldness around his ankle. As he turned to see
what it was he saw the familiar leg manacle he remembered from his first
stay in the basement room. Outside the door he heard footsteps descending
the stairs as he had heard in times past. Barnabas' face appeared through
the barred window as he looked upon the aged figure that had been so young
and vital just three years ago. He then spoke. "I'm certain this brings back
some memories you would rather have forgotten, Adam. But it was necessary to
make you listen to reason. Julia and I have nothing to do with your being
the way you are. We don't understand it anymore than you do. We want very
much to help you discover the cause. As I'm sure you remember, whatever
affects you, also affects me as well." Adam stood and walked as far as his
restraint would allow and said, "Is that why I am growing old and you are
just the same as you were before. I'm tired of listening to your lies;
Barnabas! I was doing just fine away from here until I woke up one morning
and looked in the mirror and saw my face looking old. Every day I looked a
lot older. When it just kept happening and I knew it wasn't normal, I knew
you had to be involved. You're always involved in strange things." Barnabas
looked downward as he considered Adam's words. He looked at Adam and said,
"In spite of your irrational behavior upstairs, Adam, I realized that you
are far more intelligent than you were when I saw you last. I feel certain
that you are capable of intelligent rational behavior and reasoning. That's
why I'm not going to leave you shackled in that room. I'm going to let you
out. I am quite certain that you will listen to sound reasoning. Together,
Julia and I want to help you solve this mystery and see if we can't find a
way to reverse what is happening to you. We must have your co-operation if
we are to be successful. I want your assurance that you will contain your
anger and let us try to help you." Adam looked suspiciously at Barnabas not
sure he trusted him.
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Julia and Willie stand looking back and forth at first each other, and then
back at the basement door. Willie turns to Julia and said, "It's a big
mistake. Him lettin that monsta outta theah, Julia." Julia tossed her head
back and said, "Willie, you know as well as I do when Barnabas has made his
mind up, he won't listen to reason. He's convinced that Adam has changed and
the shock of what's happening to him brought back the animal instincts he
used to have. In a strange unexplainable way, I think he may be right."
Willie rubbed his open palm against his lower face and said, "He oughtta at
least let me get the gun to be caihful." Julia replied, "You know he'll
never permit that Willie. We can only hope he is right about Adam." A
clanging sound is heard as the basement door opens and Barnabas emerges.
Adam steps through the door immediately after him and then Barnabas closed
the basement door behind them. They join Julia and Willie in the drawing
room. A rage almost seizes Adam upon seeing Willie, but he manages to
contain it and resumes his former docile demeanor. Barnabas motions to the
big arm chair, inviting Adam to be seated. Adam hesitates for a moment, then
walks over and takes a seat in the chair. A knock is heard upon the front
door. Barnabas motions to Willie to see who it is. Willie disappears
momentarily as he goes to answer the door. He reappears a moment later
followed by Professor T. Eliot Stokes. Adam rises from the chair as a smile
crosses his face. "Professor Stokes!" he said excitedly. Stokes gazed at the
face of Adam and exclaims, "Good Lord!" (Three dramatic notes sound)
Trevor Halliburton knocked on the front door and waited. In a moment the door opened to reveal David Collins. David looked at the man and said, "Hello." Halliburton said, "Hello young man, you must be David." David tilted his head to the side and said, "Yes, but I don't know you." Trevor smiled and said, "Well now, we'll just have to fix that, now won't we? He extended his hand and said, "I'm Trevor Halliburton. I came out to see your aunt a few days ago and talked with your cousin Carolyn. Hey, that's a nice roadster you have there, did you build it yourself?" David smiled, holding the model and said, "Yes, my father bought it for me when we went to Boston a few weeks ago." Trevor grew a little more serious and said, "Oh yes, and how is your father? Doing well, I hope?" David shrugged and said, "I guess so, he stays in his room a lot. Do you know my father?" Trevor replied, "I met him once briefly, but no, I don't guess you could say I know him." David fumbled with the model for a second, and then he looked back at Trevor and said, "So you came to see my Aunt Elizabeth?" Trevor replied, "Actually, I came out to see Carolyn and in a way, to see you too." David looked puzzled for a moment and said, "To see me?" Trevor answered, "Yes, you see, when I was out here the other day, you had just had a bad dream. Your cousin told me a little about it and I told her I had a similar thing happen to someone I knew a few years ago, and offered to talk with you about it, and she said maybe after we met and got to know each other better. So I wanted to meet and get to know you. Is your cousin home?" David then realizing he has kept the man standing outside all this time the said, "Yeah, she's upstairs, come on in, I'll let her know you're here." Trevor stepped inside and David said, "I'll go upstairs and get her." Trevor Halliburton stood smirking in the foyer as David disappeared through the upstairs doorway.
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Professor Stokes stroked his lower lip as he looked upon Adam. "Do you have any idea what caused this Adam? "He said with a look of great puzzlement. Adam paced the floor and replied, "No Professor. I looked in the mirror every day and saw I was getting older every day." Stokes remained quiet as he contemplated the possibilities. Julia spoke out and said, "Do you think it has something to do with his connection to Barnabas, Professor?" Stokes looked up from his deep concentration and said, "Of that I'm quite certain, Doctor. But that's all I'm sure of. The reason and the means are a complete mystery to me." Barnabas then said, "Judah Zachary must be involved. It's the only reasonable explanation." Adam looked back and forth between Barnabas and Stokes, and said, "Who is this, Judah Zachary? I'll kill him!" Stokes eyebrows rose as he turned to Adam and warned, "I should think it would be he, who would kill you Adam. You have no idea what you would be up against. Judah Zachary is a very cunning and powerful man. He would end your life in the space of a single breath. You remember Nicholas Blair, Adam?" Great anger crossed his wrinkled countenance as he remembered the man who so cruelly used him for his own purposes. "So you mean he is a warlock?" Stokes looked stunned, as did Barnabas and Julia. Stokes thick lips pouted as he walked closer to Adam and asked, "You know what a warlock is, Adam?" Adam looked at Stokes and said, "Professor, I am not the same childlike man I was when I left here. I have grown in both knowledge and in worldly wisdom. Did you think I would remain a child forever? I remember seeing Nicholas work his spells and I didn't understand what I was seeing, but I have had much time to read about him and his kind." All three stood amazed at the knowledge Adam exhibited. Barnabas then said, "You never told us what became of your scars, Adam." The towering man paced the floor and replied. "Professor, do you remember telling me you knew someone who could remove the scars from my face?" Stokes recalled the conversation and said, "Yes, but I never got to tell you any more than that it was possible." Adam then replied, when I left here I went to a town called Bridgeport. I studied every night in the library and I read about plastic surgery. I found work and saved all the money I could and I had the surgery performed. Afterwards I would look in the mirror and I felt so much different about myself. I found confidence and I learned more and more. I am not the same man who left here defeated three years ago. Then a few days ago, I saw my face beginning to age at an incredible rate, and I felt certain that Barnabas and Doctor Hoffman had something to do with it. So I returned to stop them." Barnabas then looked at him with empathy and said, "You now realize we were not involved in this, don't you?" Adam replied, "All I know is if I keep aging like this I will die. I don't want to die. I've just started to live. (Sad music trails out)
Carolyn Stoddard sat in the drawing room with Trevor Halliburton and David. "I was engaged to be married to her," Trevor Halliburton said, as they both listened. "I was working late that evening and I stopped by to see her on my way home. As I drove up the winding road to her house I smelled the smoke. When I got to the house it was already engulfed in flames. Cheryl was trapped in the upstairs bedroom at the window screaming. The firemen were trying to put out the fire, and when I ran to try to help her they grabbed me and held me back. They wouldn't let me rescue her. I heard her horrified screams as the flames overtook her. I hated those men for what they did. Later I realized if they hadn't held me back, I would have surely perished in that fire with her. It was just too late for anyone to reach her." Carolyn was moved and her eyes misted at the story. "Oh Trevor!" she said piteously. "It must have been terrible! I'm so sorry! You must have loved her very much." Trevor sighed and said, "Yes I did. But that was several years ago, and I've managed to move on with my life. I do still think of her from time to time, but it gets easier as time goes on, and it will be the same for you, David. You'll see." David looked at the man and said, "I guess so, I hadn't thought about my mother for a long time until I had that dream. I'm sure I'll be o.k. That was sad what happened to you." Trevor looked back at David and said, "Everything happens for a reason, David. Sometimes we don't know what that reason is. It could be that things happened the way they did just so I could be a help to other people who have gone through the same thing." David looked at the floor as he considered what he had just heard. Then Trevor rose and said, "Hey, I don't have anything else to do the rest of the evening. Why don't the three of us go into town? Ice cream is on me. There is a great little place over on Fourth Street that has the best chocolate ice cream in all of Maine." David's eyes lightened up as he looked at Carolyn as if to ask if it was ok. Carolyn smiled and said, "I guess we could go into town for a little while. Trevor smiled and said, "Well then let's be on our way!" Carolyn chimed in saying, "Not without your jacket, young man!" David ran up the stairs to retrieve his jacket. Carolyn said, "I'll go grab a sweater. I'll be right back." Trevor nodded and she turned. She paused a moment and then added, "I want to thank you for being so understanding and kind. I think it really meant a lot to David to hear that he's not alone." She then turned to go get the sweater. A cocky smug look crossed Trevor's face as he stood alone waiting in the drawing room. (Stinging music rises and fades)
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Barnabas, Julia and Stokes stand in the drawing room. Julia looked up at the
stairs and said, "Is it wise to let him stay in this house Barnabas?"
Barnabas replied, "You've seen him Julia. No one would recognize him in his
present condition. Sheriff Patterson is dead
Thanks to Jeb Hawkes, and the new sheriff has no knowledge of Adam. He seems
more in control of his emotions than the Adam we remember." Stokes paced in
front of the fireplace and mused, "Incredible the change that has come over
him! I almost feel like a proud father. He has matured far more than I would
have ever imagined. Positively fascinating!" Julia looked at both men and
said, "I need to run some tests on him to see if I can find some reason for
his rapid aging. I don't have a clue where to start! Perhaps a derivative of
the serum we used in your treatments Barnabas. But he doesn't have a vampire
curse on him, there's no way to know what kind of effect it may have on
him"
Barnabas looked up toward the upper landing and replied, "We must start
somewhere Julia. We must find some way to help Adam! We Must! (Three
dramatic notes sound)
Barnabas Collins…
JONATHAN FRID
Roger Collins…
LOUIS EDMONDS
Carolyn Stoddard…
NANCY BARRETT
Julia Hoffman…
GRAYSON HALL
Professor Stokes…
THAYER DAVID
Willie Loomis…
JOHN KARLEN
Adam…
ROBERT RODAN
Trevor Halliburton/Judah Zachary…
KEITH PRENTICE
David Collins…
DAVID HENESY
Written By RUSS WILLIAMS
Directed By RUSS WILLIAMS
Story Developed and Created by ART WALLACE
Fashions courtesy of ORBACH'S
Music composed by ROBERT COBERT
Series created by DAN CURTIS Executive Producer